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1586 –1587
#13118
Historia generalis plantarum. In libros XVIII. per certas classes artificiose digesta, Haec, plusquam mille imaginibus plantarum locupletior superioribus, omnes propemodum quae ab antiquis scriptoribus Graecis, Latinis, Arabibus, nominantur : necnon eas quae in Orientis atque Occidentis partibus, ante seculum nostrum incognitis, repertae fuerunt, tibi exhibec. Habes etiam earundem plantarum peculiaria diuersis nationibus nomina: habes amplas descriptiones, è quibus singularum genus, formam, vbi crescant & quo tempore vigeant, natiuum temperamentum, vires denique in medicina proprias cognosces. Adiecti sunt Indices, non solùm Graeci et Latini, sed aliarum quoque linguarum, locupletissimi. 2 vols.
The "most complete botanical compilation of its time and the first to descrbie much of the flora peculiar to the region around Lyons" (DSB). Digital facsimile from Bibloteca digital, Real Jardín Botanico at this link.
1820
#13116
Mirât ul-abd fi techrīhh azâ il-insân.
The first book on anatomy and medicine printed in Turkish. The title may be translated as Miroir des corps dans l'anatomie des membres de l''homme. The work was primarily derived from European sources and included 56 …
1821
#13115
Notice sur le premier ouvrage d'anatomie et de médecine, imprimé en Turc, à Constantinople, en 1820, intitulé Miroir des corps dans l'anatomie de l'homme envoyé et offert par S. Exc. L'Ambassadeur de France près la sublime porte a la Bibliothèque du Roi; Suivie du Catalogue des livres turcs, arabes et persans, imprimés à Contantinople, depuis l'introduction de l'Imprimerie, en 12726-27, jusqu'en 1820.
Bianchi characterized himself on the title page as Adj. Secretarty-Interpreter of the King for Oriental Languages. In this pamphlet he translated parts of the text of Chani-Zadeh and also translated the Table of Conte…
1915
#13114
Mimicry in butterflies.
1947
#13113
The effects of atomic bombs on health and medical services in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Medical Division.
Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
1840 –1844
#13112
The Birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. 7 vols.
Audubon created 65 new images for the octavo edition, supplementing the original 435 in the double-elephant folio edition of 1827-1838. The resulting series of 500 chromolithographed plates constituted the most extens…
1883
#13111
Hints in sickness: Where to go and what to do.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1877
#13110
The cottage hospital: Its origin, progress, management and work. With an alphabetical list of every cottage hospital at present opened, and a chapter on hospitalism in cottage hospital practice.
Digital facsimile of the first edition from Google Books at this link. Much expanded second edition: Cottage hospitals general, fever, and convalescent : their progress, management, and work with an alphabetical list …
1880
#13109
The spectroscope in medicine.
1886
#13108
Researches on Myohaematin and the Histohaematins.
First description of the respiratory pigment in blood, known today as Cytochrome1. Digital facsimile from the Royal Society at this link.
1976
#13107
Natural history auctions 1700-1972. A register of sales in the British Isles compiled by J. M. Chalmers-Hunt. With articles by S. Peter Dance, Peter G. Embrey, W. D. Ian Rolfe, Clive Simson, William T. Stern, J. M. Chalmers-Hunt, Alwyne Wheeler.
Entomological sales by J.M. Chalmers-Hunt. Zoological Sales other than those of birds Insects and shells by Alwyne Wheeler Botanical Sales by William T. Stern Ornithology and Oology by Clive Simson Fossil Sales by W. …
2020
#13106
Improved protein structure prediction using potentials from deep learning.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Senior, Evans, Jumper. ABSTRACT: "Protein structure prediction can be used to determine the three-dimensional shape of a protein from its amino acid sequence. This problem is…
2018
#13105
Andreas Vesalius and the Fabrica in the age of printing: Art, anatomy and printing in the Italian renaissance. Edited by R. F. Canalis and M. Ciavolella.
1959
#13104
Napoleon immortal: The medical history and private life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
1876
#13103
Nouveau traité élémentaire et pratique des maladies mentales. Suivi de considérations pratiques sur l'administration des asiles d'aliénés.
The first psychiatric textbook to utilize photographic illustrations of patients. This was the second edition of Dagonet's Traité élémentaire et pratique des maladies mentales (1862). The second edition included 8 Woo…
1758
#13102
Mémoire instructif sur la manière de rassembler, de preparer, de conserver, et d’envoyer les diverses curiosités d’histoire naturelle; auquel ... Avis pour le transport par mer, des arbres, des plantes vivaces, des semences, & diverse autres curiosités d'histoire naturelle.
An illustrated guide to taxidermy and the preparation of natural history specimens, probably the first taxidermy manual published in French. The twenty-five folding engravings, the majority by amateur engraver and pas…
1837
#13101
An examination of phrenology; in two lectures.
This may be the earliest work incorporating anatomical images that was written in opposition to phrenology. Sewall, a physician from New England, was a founding member of the medical department at Columbian College (n…
1689
#13100
Catalogus plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis. Pars prior.
First published catalogue of plants of the Hortus Medicus, precursor of the Hortus Botanicus. The Hortus Medicus, founded in 1682 under Commelin's guidance, was ranked among the most comprehensive in Europe, including…
1754
#13099
Recherches sur l’usage des feuilles dans les plantes, et sur quelques autres sujets relatifs à l’histoire de la végétation.
In his study of plant physiology Bonnet contributed significant research on phototropism. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link. Craig W. Whippo, Roger P. Hangarter, Phototropism: Bending t…
1740
#13098
Catalogus ofte naamlyst der voornaamste zaken, dewelke op de anatomie-kamer der stadt Rotterdam te zien zyn.
Catalogue of the cabinet of curiosities of the anatomical theatre of Rotterdam, founded in 1642. Although anatomy theatres were originally established to teach anatomy and medical and surgical techniques to students a…
1957
#13097
Nucleic acids.
This paper published in September 1957, based on Crick's famous "Central Dogma" lecture given the same month, presented his first published statement of The Central Dogma: “Information is transmitted from DNA and RNA …
1995
#13096
The English hospital 1070-1570.
"The first English hospitals appeared soon after the Norman Conquest. By the year 1300 they numbered over 500, caring for the sick at every level of society—from the gentry and clergy to pilgrims, travelers, beggars, …
2019
#13095
John Abbot and William Swainson: Art, science, and commerce in nineteenth-century natural history illustration
"During his lifetime (1751-ca. 1840), English-born naturalist and artist John Abbot rendered more than 4,000 natural history illustrations and profoundly influenced North American entomology, as he documented many spe…
2006
#13094
The Pauling catalogue. Ava Helen and Linus Pauling papers at Oregon State University. Edited by Christoffer Petersen and Cliff Mead. 6 vols.
Vol. 1. Timeline, correspondence, publications, manuscripts & typescripts of articles, speechs, and books. Vol. 2. Science, Research Notebooks. 1917 Linus Pauling Diary. Vol. 3. Peace, Ava Helen Pauling, travel, honor…
2019
#13093
Roman domestic medical practice in central Italy from the Middle Republic to the Early Empire.
2020
#13092
Forbidden knowledge: Medicine, science, and censorship in early modern Italy.
1834
#13091
Pharmacopoeia Homoeopathica.
The first systematic work on homeopathy published in England. A rather late work to be published in Latin.
1940
#13090
Field surgery in total war.
This book " became required reading in the US Army Medical Service during the Second World War. According to one US authority, C.E. Welch, Jolly’s methods ‘undoubtedly contributed more to the saving of lives of patien…
2016
#13089
The germ of an idea: Contagionism, religion, and society in Britain, 1660-1730.
"Contagionism is an old idea, but gained new life in Restoration Britain. The Germ of an Idea considers British contagionism in its religious, social, political and professional context from the Great Plague of London…
2017
#13088
Contagionism catches on. Medical ideology in Britain, 1730-1800.
"This book shows how contagionism evolved in eighteenth century Britain and describes the consequences of this evolution. By the late eighteenth century, the British medical profession was divided between traditionali…
2021
#13087
Greek Medical Manuscripts - Diels' Catalogue. Edited by Alain Touwaide. 5 vols.
Vol. 1: Diels' catalogue with indices. Vol. 2: Corpus Hippocraticum Vol. 3: Corpus Galenicum Vol. 4: Ceteri Medici Vol. 5. The manuscripts and their texts. "The medical literature of ancient Greece has been much studi…
1785
#13086
Observations générales sur les maladies des climats chauds, leurs causes, leur traitement, et les moyens de les prévenir.
Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.
1946
#13085
Self: A study in ethics and endocrinology.
An early work on transexualism. Dillon was the first trans man to undergo phalloplasty. Between 1946 and 1949 Dillon underent at least 13 surgeries performed by Harold Gillies for sex-reassignment surgery.
1961
#13084
Results of the second U.S. manned suborbital space flight July 21, 1961.
Ch. 3: "Results of the MR-4 preflight and postflight medical examination conducted on astronaut Virgil I. Grissom." Ch. 4: "Physiological responses of the astronaut in the MR-4 space flight." Ch. 5: "Flight surgeon's …
1961
#13083
Proceedings of a conference on results of the first U.S. manned suborbital space flight. June 6, 1961.
Ch. 4: "Review of biomedical systems for MR-3 flight." Ch. 5: "Results of preflight and postflight medical examinations" Ch. 6: "Bioinstrumentation in MR-3 flight." Ch.7: "Physiological responses of the astronatu in t…
1962
#13082
Results of the first United States Manned Orbital Space Flight February 20, 1962.
Ch. 3: "Life support systems and biomedical instrumentation." Ch. 8: "Aeromedical preparation and results of postflight medical examinations." Ch. 9: "Physiological responses of the astronaut." Ch. 10: "Astronaut prep…
1767
#13081
The law of physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries: Containing all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, resolutions, and judgments concerning them. Compiled, by desire of a great personage, for the use of such gentlemen of the faculty as are enemies to quackery, in order to point out the defects in the law, as it now Stands, relative to those professions, and To propose such expedients for remedying them as they shall think necessary, before the next session of parliament, when it is intended to apply for an act for regulating the practice of physick, and suppressing empirical nostrums.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1999
#13080
Early black American leaders in nursing: Architects for integration and quality. (National League for Nursing Series).
1929
#13079
Pathfinders: A history of the progress of colored graduate nurses. With biographies of many prominent nurses.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1879
#13078
Naval hygiene. Human health and the means of preventing disease. With illustrative incidents principally derived from naval experience.
Includes chromolithographed plates. Digital facsimile of the second edition (1879) from Google Books at this link. WorldCat cites only this second edition with this title and Wilson's work of 1870 (No. 13077). Therefo…
1870
#13077
Naval hygiene, by Joseph Wilson, Surgeon United States Navy: With an Appendix: Moving wounded men on shipboards by Albert C. Gorgas, Surgeon United States Navy.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1683
#13076
Hortus medicus Edinburgensis, or, A catalogue of the plants in the Physical Garden at Edinburgh: Containing their most proper Latin and English names; with an English alphabetical index.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1818
#13075
Pharmacopoeia Geniki.
The first pharmacopeia printed in Turkey. This was a translation into Greek from Brugnatelli's Farmakopoea ad uso degli Speziali, e Medici Moderni della Repubblica Italiana. The printer in Istanbul was not identified.…
1844
#13074
Pharmacopoea Castrensis Ottomano. Pharmacopée militaire Ottomane.
The first original pharmacopoeia printed in the Ottoman Empire, with an original text by the Austrian physician Karl Ambros Bernard. The text of this pharmacopeia was in French and Latin, accompanied by Italian terms.…
1940
#13073
Psychiatric nursing technic.
1896
#13072
On the pigment of the negro's skin and hair.
"In the present state of our knowledge we can only say that it seems highly probable that the pigment of the negro's hair is not different from the dark pigment found in the hair of the white races, and we may infer t…
1656
#13071
Musaeum Tradescantianum: Or, a collection of rarities preserved at South-Lambeth neer London by John Tradescant.
Catalogue of the first natural museum in England, the collection made by John Tradescant the Elder and the Younger, and left by John Tradescant the Younger to Elias Ashmole, who, along with Thomas Wharton, helped the …
1914
#13070
The dental art in ancient times: Lecture memoranda. American medical Association, Atlantic City, 1914.
A very well illustrated serious pocket guide (214pp.) to elements of the history of dentistry including equipment through the ages and marketing information for equipment then available to dentists. Digital facsimile …
1917
#13069
Cruise of the U.S. brig Argus in 1813. Journal of surgeon James Inderwick, edited from the original manuscript in the New York Public Library with an introduction and notes by Victor Hugo Paltsits.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1981
#13068
The mismeasure of man.
A critique of statistical methods and cultural motivations underlying biological determinism. "Gould argues that the primary assumption underlying biological determinism is that, “worth can be assigned to individuals …